Description: This western man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Star rose quartz (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 gp. Carnelian (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp).

Description: This man wears a green vest and prefers blue and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Thervan is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Thervan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 8000 gp. White pearl (150 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Jet (150 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Malachite (14 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He's in love; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.